Cyberspace Governance - Exploration

Agenda

Cyberspace and cyberspace goverenance with the Internet as a core entity is becoming an emerging major issue around the world. Research groups on the cyberspace are appearing including Explorations on Cyber International Relations (ECIR), and Canada Center for Global Security Studies. There are conferences and workshops on cyberspace from early 2010s including

This workshop proposal is to address on cyberspace and cyperspace governance with respect to the Internet and the Internet governance. We may cover some of the following aspects of cyberspace in this workshop;

More aspects such as education, labor, and health may be covered later.

The participants include

Director of Explorations on Cyber International Relations, Harvard-MIT, USAChair of Annual Cyber Dialogue Conference, U. of Toronto, CanadaChair of Cyber Commons, KoreaExecutive Director of AfriNIC, AfricaMember of European ParliamentStaff of Swedish Foreign MinistryProfessor of National University of Mexico

Specific issues we would like to cover in this workshop include

Part 1: Cyberspace1.1 What is cyberspace with respect to the Internet Cyberspace needs to be defined, in particular with respect to the Internet and other infrastructures.1.2 What are major aspects of cyberspace? Cyber Security is the most visibloe aspect of the cyberspace now. We also address on Cyber Society as another major aspect. What aspects we need to consider as major aspects such as economy, nation states, environment, labor education and health among others?1.3 What is the mixed space, i.e. overlapping area between cyberspace and real space? Cyber-physical systems are visible lately. Are there any other major mixed spaces?

Part 2: Cyberspace Goverenance2.1 What is cyberspace governance with respect to the Internet governance? What are similarities between these two areas, and what are differences?2.2 Is the multi-stakeholder approach relevant to each aspect of the cyberspce governance? What about the multi-stakeholder for cyber security?2.3 Is control on cyberspace more relevant than governance on cyberspace now or in future?